The New Oura Ring Is Here

Better Sleep, Better Health (And a better looking ring)

Sometime in early 2017, I bought an Oura Ring (For $300), because I'd heard it was 90% accurate to a sleep study center, and I wasn't feeling so great in the mornings (felt like wasn't getting refreshing sleep despite regular supplementation with Magnesium, etc).

The first week of monitored sleep showed I was getting 2-5 minutes of deep sleep* a night.

Looking into it a little bit I found that ideally a person wants/needs over an hour (at least) of deep sleep a night, an hour and a half or more is better.

But ultimately, I want to get better sleep to avoid developing heart disease. These rings are a cheap and smart way to finese how your body operates by finally being able to SEE (and track) how it is operating.

These old versions work great but....not so pretty.

Help Avoid Heart Disease By Getting More Deep Sleep

My father, grand father, and great grandfather had heart disease.

I plan on avoiding that. One one of the measures I've taken is to focus on getting better restorative sleep. ESPECIALLY once I got real feedback on how much deep sleep I wasn't getting, via the Oura ring.

90% accurate to a sleep study center (and I don't want to pay to spend the night in a sleep study center....)

I was only getting 2-5 minutes of deep sleep a night? Bad!

Bad in theory, plus I just didn't feel refreshed in the morning. It didn't feel good, and I don't like how that feels.

Long story short, I tried changing various factors for about 5 months to try to get better sleep.

I tried the following that made no noticeable difference in my deep sleep scores: